Migrant rescue ship operators appeal to France after registration revoked

Analyst Camino Mortera-Martinez of the Centre for European Reform says Italy’s approach has been met with a conflicted response in Brussels. “I think some in Brussels are actually happy that Salvini and others are bringing out these topics on the so-called ‘taxi service’ or the shuttle service, and the pull factor that some in government think that the NGOs have in the increase of migrants coming to Europe. I think there is a lot of hypocrisy in this discourse," Mortera-Martinez added. "We have on the one hand people trying to stop these populists from gaining power, but on the other hand it is actually really useful (for the EU) to have somebody raising these issues which is not like the liberal elite.”